Tim Sweeney says Big Tech leaders, who used to pretend to be Democrats, are now pretending to be Republicans to skirt antitrust laws and “crush competitors”
The Trump administration is expected to be softer on antitrust cases, which as we know are one of Sweeney's major pursuits. Bluesky: @baroness . X: @timsweeneyepic , @matthewstoller , and @dhh Forums: Hacker News , r/americanoligarchy , and r/AnythingGoesNews Bluesky: Bertine van Hövell / @baroness : Good to see a big name CEO in games call it out for what it is. X: Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : After years of pretending to be Democrats, Big Tech leaders are now pretending to be Republicans, in hopes of currying favor with the new administration. Beware of the scummy monopoly campaign to vilify competition law as they rip off consumers and crush competitors. Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : Trump launched the original Facebook antitrust case before Covid, and blocked Facebook from launching its payment system Libra. Everything Zuck is saying is dishonest. @dhh : I don't think Zuckerberg has yet earned any right to an assumption of good faith, but it's also not hard to see WHY he'd wait taking a stand until it didn't risk his company being subject to more governmental retaliation. Not everyone has Musk's iron balls and risk tolerance! Forums: Hacker News : Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are ‘pretending to be Republicans’ r/americanoligarchy : Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are ‘pretending to be Republicans’ to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately ‘rip off consumers and crush competitors’ r/AnythingGoesNews : Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are ‘pretending to be Republicans’ to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately ‘rip off consumers and crush competitors’